Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/9/99 11:54:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RCLOMPUS@INNUS.JNJ.com writes: << This will be the first non-Leica lens I own. It seems like a good value for the money - I hope. >> It's a nifty little lens but as someone else also pointed out, the front element is not well-protected by the "shade" (little fixed petals around the rim) nor is there any provision for mounting a filter so some reasonable care is needed to keep from marring the coating. Also, the barrel finish is quite delicate. In other words, this lens won't take kindly to being tossed around in a bag. (To Cosina's defense, I've spent many hours painstakingly retouching the decalcomania nomenclature on my vintage chrome Hasselblad lenses and covering it with clearcoat to keep it from rubbing off again. Some genius in their bean-counting department decided that engraving was a dispensible extravagance). DT